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Let's say I was trying to use this to make my relatives degoogle and added even an url showing Google's data hoarding and a degoogle alternatives list.
The only thing I got was... "Dad Gave Your Status a ❤️".
it's kinda hard to convince older people to get rid of stuff they already depend on, even if it's as bad as google
My father tested the TikTok spy rumors, proved it, and still passes most of his day doomscrolling on it.
-Create new RAR file
-Encrypt
-Password: #fuck$google69
-Copy paste dirty chinese cartoons
-Upload
-Sleep well
~~Also I'm pretty sure deleting/changing the file extension on your files will work too.~~
Just don't use Google for fucks sake!!
Why would the file extension matter?
In theory google's AI will treat files accordingly to what the extension say. For example: If it sees image.jpeg it will treat it as such and will see the picture data. But if you rename it to image.txt it will treat it as a text file and all it will see gibberish.
Any real computer would look at the internal data to determine the type of file.
I figured since AI isn't a real computer (or at least doesn't act like one) but I just tested it with GPT and indeed it did recognize it. So scratch that idea.
Did Google ever have a support department?
Also, one of many reasons i keep my backups in my own four walls. Granted, if everything burns down, it's gone. But in that case i'm going to have bigger problems than losing my data. Another alternative would be a portable disk locked away at the bank.
Don't rely on the data in a hard drive powered down for a long time being useable when you need it (mechanical or SSD, doesn't matter, both will get corrupted much faster than you'd expect).
You want long term storage, use tape (most optical disks ain't good either).
I’m too cheap for a safe deposit box, but I work in an office and keep a hard disk there. I have two identical ones. One at the office, one at home receiving backups. Every couple of months, swap them out.
off-site physical storage is good praxis
Also If my house burns down then where the hell else am I going fap to porn at? It's useless at that point.
I mean, Google hasn't offered support with real humans for over 8 years. Facebook has been on that even longer
The only way to get support from google nowadays is to become a famous youtuber with a large audience, and work in lockstep with them.
Remember, folks: encryption and redundancy (and redundancy).
And redundancy.
And redundancy.
And redundancy.
And testing the redundancy ^Redundancy ^^Reduncancy ^^^Redundancy
Don't test redundancy here bruh! These servers are public running
And the brain damage...
And the brain damage...
And the brain damage...
Oh hey guys when did you get here?
And the ADHD, and... uh... I'm sorry, what were we listing again?
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